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Defendant Omar Khadr (R), a native of Toronto, Canada, pleads guilty under oath to all five terrorism charges against him before military commission judge Army Colonel Patrick Parrish (L) during a U.S. war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in C
Guantanamo\'s last Western detainee, Khadr, returned to Canada
Guantanamo's last Western detainee, Khadr, returned to Canada
Posted : Saturday, 29 September 2012 09:55AM

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the Guantanamo military base, Omar Khadr, was sent to finish his sentence in his native Canada on Saturday, the Canadian government confirmed.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said that Khadr, who was a 15-year-old fighting in Afghanistan when captured in 2002, had been flown to a military base in Trenton, Ontario and transferred to the province's Millhaven prison.

(Reporting by Rod Nickel; Writing by Jeffrey Hodgson in Toronto; Editing by Bill Trott)

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